Stock-yoke.



1. M. KENNEDY.

STOSK YOKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-28.1917

Patented .Qct. 1,1918.

INVENTOR iznces M. Kennedy WITNESSES r ATTOH N EY J M. EDY, 013 HIBAM, GEUEGII? s'rocxwoizn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented that, Tl, 191%.

Application filed November 28, 1917. Serial No. 204,406.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that; 1, JAMES M. KENNEDY,

)a citizen of the United States, residing at, Hiram, in the county of Panlding and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful lniprovemei'rts in Stock-Yokes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to animal yokes. and has for an object to provide a yoke formed of a pair oit'sections for enibracing the neck of the animal with means for disconnectably connecting the sections 3 together.

Another object of the invention is to pro videan animal yoke including means for embracing the neck of an animal, and a pair of elements pivotally mounted thereon with voutwardly extending spurs whereby the engagementof the spurs with any object will cause the elements to move to grip the. neck of the animal and thereby cause the animal to desist from attempting to release itself.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a yoke particularly designed for cattle, but constructed in a manner to permit application to horses, to this end the several parts being interchangcable. A still further object of the invention is to provide an animal yoke raving the characteristic above set torth constructed in a manner to permit its adjustment. to embrace the necks of cattle in various degrees of growth.

In addition to the foregoing my invention -hmprehcnds improvements in the details of construction. and arrangement of the correlative parts to be hereina'tlcr more tully described and particulariy set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding parts are desigi hated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which the) appear Figure 1, is a view in side elevation of my improved animal yoke, and

Fig. 2. is a view thereof in front elevation.

lv'ilh. reiercncc to the drawings, 10 aml 11 indicate respectively the upper and lower halves of my improved cattle yoke, designed for connection after embracing the parts around the neck oi the animal. The upper part 10 is formed of a strip ol' iron or other suitable material bent at an intermediate portion as indicatedat l2, and curved so as to engage the upper side of the neck of the ends as indicatcd at animal, andihen bent downwardly in diverging relation to form the side members 13, the terminals being then bent asat l-t toward parallelism to depend, one at each side of the neck. Secured cxteriorly to the lower end of each side member of the yoke which members are indicated at 15, is an ad.- justing strip 16 which is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 17 to receive bolts 18 which extend through apertures in said members 15 of the up :1- member of the yoke and through said slot. to the bolts subsequent to their introduction in the manner above set forth whereby to so cure the strip to to the members 15 and to permit adjustment of said strip in to lengthen or shorten the said members 15.

The lower end of each strip 1b is aperturcd to receive a bolt 20 which extends across the lower end of the upper member it) of the yoke and serves to connect the lower end of said strip 16, a cotter pin 21 being inserted in the projecting, end of the bolt to retain the same in place in connection with a head provided upon the other end of the bolt. The, lower inei'nber 11 is formed of a strip of material corresponding to the material from which the upper member oi the yoke is tormed and of corresponding thickness. and is bent at portions adjacent the 22, and the terminals of the lower member 11 are threaded to re ceive the bolts 30 mentioned above. The ter minals engage the inner sur'lares oi" the strips 16, and it will be noted that the member 11 is thus pivoted for movement on the bolt 20.

Secured to the member 11 is a bar 2 which extends t'guwvardly, the bar being cured to the intermediate portion of the said member 11. the rear end of the member 23 being bent downwardly as indicated at .3l-. A spur 25 is provided in the nature oi a rod having one end bent at right angles to form the member 26 which is disposed in continuous relation to the member 223 with the lI(l-- minal of said member 26 apcrtured to ccivc a bolt 27 which also extends through. an aperture in the bar 23. The spur if; is secured to the depending: portion {2-iot the bar 23 at a point beyond the point of ticxure ol the member 1%.") by means oi a U-bolt .38 whose terminals are inserted thronffl openillf in said dependingportion 25. n" 2b is then applied to the terminal of To the free end of the bar .23 there is applied Nuts 1.) are applied to a a choking member in the form of a strip 30, it will be obvious that the members 30 and secured at a point intermediate its ends to '39 are engaged against the under and upper end of said bar 23 and the terminals of said sides respectively of the neck of the animal bar 80 are bent upwardly in diverging relaand the spurs and will be connected 55 tion. downwardly and upwardly. Upon the en A yoke 31 is provided upon the upper end gagement of the spurs 25 and with any of the device in the nature of a strip, bent obstruction it will be obvious that the memat an intermediate point todispose its te1-- bers 30 and 39 will be moved toward each minals in d'verging relation, to lie in conother so as to grip the neck of the animal. 10 tiguous relation to and exteriorly of the The animal will be choked which will etfecmembers 13 of the upper yoke the extremitively prevent any attempt to release itself. ties of the yoke 31 being apertured to re- By removing the spur 35, which is longer ceive rivets which enter openings in the than the spur and inserting it in place of upper yoke 10 whereby to mount the yoke 31. the spur 25, transferring said spur to the at 15 for pivotal movement. To the intermediate location of the other spur, the yoke will be portion of the yoke 31, which is in spaced then adapted for use upon a horse. relation at its upper portion to the member While I have illustrated and descrbt l 10, is secured a forwardly extending bar 33 my invention with some degree of particusimilar to the above mentioned bar 23, with larit-y, I realize that in practice various 20 its rear end bentupwardly as at 34:. A spur alterations thereover may be made, and I 35 is provided to extend upwardly and is therefore desire to reserve the right and curved in a rearward direction, with its privilege of changing the form of the delower end bent at right angles to form the tails of construction, or otherwise altering portion 36 which is apertured to receive a the arrangement of the correlative parts 5M; bolt 37 extending through an opening in the withoutdeparting from the spirit of the inbar A U-bo1t 38 is also provided to vention or the scope of the appended claim.

- assist in securing the member 35, the U "Having thus described my invention what bolt engaging the same adjacent its bent por- I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettion and has its terminals inserted through ters Patent 1s:--

30 openings in the upwardlyprojecting portion A stock yoke including arcuate members 34 of the bar 33. To the free extremity of operatively connected for relative movement the bar 33 there is provided a second chokto encircle the neck of the animal, bars scing member in the nature of a bar 39, secured to said arcuate members to extend cured at a. point intermediate its ends to laterally therefrom, each bar bent to form 35 said bar 33 with terminals directed down-' a short terminal'and along terminal, a chokwardly in converging relation and in oppoing member secured to the long terminal, a sition to the terminals of the members 30 pair of spurs; each having one end bent at whereby to engage the upper side of the an angle to lie in contiguous relation to the neck of the animal, the member 30 engaging bars, bolts having hook shaped terminals at) the under side thereof. secured in the short terminals of thebar to To apply the yoke to the neck of an aniembrace the spurs to prevent movement mal, the lower member 11 is disconnected thereof, and bolts and nuts serving to aditrom the upper member by removing the justably secure the bent terminals of the bolt '20. Elle upper member 10 is then spurs to the bars to permit adjustment of at placed upon the neck of the animal and the the spurs relative to the bars.

lower member 11 applied to the under side In testimony whereof I atiix my signature of the neck and in a position to permit the in presence of two witnesses.

bolt to be reinserted, The strip 16 may be JAMES M. KENNEDY. ad usted relatively to the member 10 of the Vtitnesses: ac yoke to correspond to the width o' the neck L. L. BRASELTON,

of the animal. With the yokethus applied J. W. Moon. 

